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"I'll cheers to that, Shane" Davie says, then offers a small sympathetic glance, "Right, Bear was a good man" he says before eyeing Chris, his eyes scanning over their body, "Hm, what type of price, huh, sweetheart?"

Chris slid a look and a wink over to Davie, as if saying 'you know what price'. They turned back to Tam and ruffled his hair slightly. "The Bear was more than just the leader for you, I can only imagine the pain you feel." Hopefully Tam wouldn't pick up on the double meaning Chris' words had.

Tam laughed. "I appreciate it, Chris, but you don't have to play coy. You know exactly who he was to me. I'm sure everyone does." He took another sip of his alcohol. "We didn't exactly keep it quiet."

“I can admire that. You’re not a coward, and neither was he,” Shane commented. “It sucks he’s dead.”

Davie nods, "Definitely didn't 'keep it quiet', made me wish I was out on a mission some nights" he says before lightly placing his hand on the small of Chris's back, allowing it to linger for just a second, but long enough to convey a message.

A slight smile curved on the edges of Chris' lips. Message received. They let out a short laugh, it sounded harsh but it was more in like a teasing way. "Why do you think I stopped staying over night?"

Tam snorted. "Not my fault you two decided to stay home. At least y'all had the good sense not to come home after you finished a mission early, you probably would've been scarred for life."

"Hm, I'm sure" Davie wrinkles his nose, "Good thing for pubs to keep us from seeing anything heinous"

"Why do you think I never came back…" Chris muttered, averting their gaze to the floor. They hadn't seen Tam or Davie or Shane, or anyone for that matter, for over a year. There was of course a reason behind why they didn't come back, but now wasn't the time for sharing that. They shook their head, clearing their mind, no need to think about the past when the present was definitely of more urgency.

Tam's face went from a sharp smile to a soft frown, and he groped around for Chris' hand. He'd missed having them around, especially after last year when life had finally seemed to be going right for both of them. "I dunno, I figured bear had you out on some kind of covert ops thing. We weren't that bad, were we?"

Davie glances over at Chris, slight worry crossing his face, "Yeah, any reason for that?"

"It wasn't because of you and Bear that I didn't come back." Chris smiled, though whether or not it was a genuine smile was covered by the mask. They took Tam's hand and squeezed it gently, narrowing their eyes slyly. "I'll have you know that thanks to your freaky nights I was able to stay up late enough to actually get work done."
Tam was, however, somewhat correct about the CoveOps, though they had finished it four months post-receiving the mission. "Well lets just say I don't feel like I belong, anywhere." For reasons that they were yet to share with anyone other than Bear. "I didn't come back, and to be fair no one tried to contact me either. I sent weekly letters to Bear but never got any in return so I figured I wasn't needed anymore. It wasn't until I got the call that I even thought you guys remembered me."

Tam laughed, squeezing their hand back with a soft smile. It shifted into a confused frown when Chris said nobody tried to contact them and he sat up a little to look them in the eyes. "Are you kidding!? I tried to call you for months after you disappeared but nobody answered. I kept asking Bear about it and he said you were busy. That you'd get back to me soon." His eyebrows pressed together in anger and confusion. "I missed you, Chris. Did you really think we didn't want you back?"

“Hey, no one forgot you, Chris,” Shane said. “You’re one of the most essential people to this whole organization. The information you get is priceless to most of our schemes, and don’t you forget it. Seriously.” He took another swig of his drink.

That's all they actually needed Chris for, the information they gathered…
As for Tam trying to contact them, perhaps it was something to do with the lack of service in the area they had been sent to. Hence the letters to Bear. "I didn't realise you missed me, last I remember you were quite adamant that you didn't want anything to do with me." That was a long story in itself. I wonder if Tam remembers that day.
They shrugged dramatically and ran their fingers through their hair with their free hand. "What can I say, I never really thought of myself as a person people wanted around."

'I don't think anyone really could forget you" Davie says, "You know, being so.." he eyes them with a slight raise of his eyebrows and bite of his lip before clearing his throat "Erm…vital" he fixes another drink, showing no signs of stopping, "Plenty of people want you around"

"Being so what?" Chris soothed dangerously, almost daring Davie to finish that sentence the way he actually wanted to. They pulled the mask down, revealing their slightly seductive smile. They leaned towards Davie's face, staring into his eyes intensely. "Go on, say what you originally wanted to say."

Shane was completely oblivious as to how Tam’s explanation was much better than his, and felt quite satisfied he has been able to reassure Chris about their position in the organization. He took a nice long gulp of his drink and let out a relaxed sigh. His emotionally stunted idiot ass completely missed the sexual subtext absolutely covering the room.

Davie narrows his eyes, not angry…but something else, he lightly traces his hand up the side of Chris's neck, "I'm not trying to scar everyone else in this room, I've more decency than some people" he says jokingly, throwing a glance at Tam, "I'll let you know in a sec, sweet cheeks"

Tam made an exaggerated gagging noise from his place on Chris' lap and squeezed their hand once before letting go. "Get a room you two, I'm the only one allowed to have potentially scarring public sex on this chair."

“Jesus Christ, you people are terrifying,” Shane said, shrinking back in his chair. “Why the hell are you all so obsessed with sex when drugs are the clearly preferable option?”

Davie laughs, "Fair point, friend, drugs can be quite nice, but expensive" he chuckles, "Sex is not"

"You WHAT????" Chris immediately jumped up, accidentally getting closer to Davie. "There is a thing called hygiene, Tam!!!!" They removed their long cloak, revealing the very revealing outfit they were wearing. But that wasn't the priority. "I'm going to have to burn this now." Chris sucked the air through their teeth with a frown.

“Depends on the kind of drugs and the kind of sex,’’ Shane points out. “Nothing is worth doing for free.” He pours himself another drink contentedly.

Davie nods, "I can go with you and help you burn it, while these two can bond" He says, clearing his throat and giving Chris a strong, heavily implying, look.